Метафора в сучасних англійських політичних промовах

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to study the peculiarities and regularities of the use of metaphor in the speeches of American and British political leaders. To achieve this goal of the research, it is necessary to complete a number of tasks: 1) to define the concept of linguistic metaphor and to classify its types; 2) to elicit the means of metaphor realization; 3) to specify the importance of political speeches in the formation of public opinion; 4) to reveal the recurrent metaphors in the speeches of US politicians; 5) to scrutinize the use of metaphors in the speeches of representatives of different American political parties; 6) to consider the metaphors in the speeches of British prime ministers; 7) to define the influence of historical events on the use of metaphors in political speeches.